English Dictionary

simmer

/ˈsɪmɚ/

verb

(intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. / (transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

I like to simmer the soup for hours to enhance the flavors.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

The soup simmered on the stove.

意味（2）

(transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.

意味（3）

(intransitive, figuratively) To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated.

Maybe that really did happen, and Robin's anger at his wife had simmered for this long?

意味（4）

(intransitive, figuratively) To remain angry with someone or something past the point of exhaustion; to resign oneself to holding a grudge, especially after some failed attempts to resolve a situation.

I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is simmer.

意味（5）

(intransitive, figuratively) To develop gradually, of an idea or plan.

The idea for The Sims was one that had been simmering in Wright's mind for quite some time, and was initially conceived as an architecture simulation.